. >> tom hoover heads up information technology for the university of tennessee chattanooga chattanooganooga's so-called gig isn't fancy, but this is about the politics of big cable. chattanooga was like most u.s. cities until the municipal power company came to the rescue. comcast, and the state cable association sued not once, but twice to prevent epb from digging the gig to chattanooga. >> i haven't realize what i was going to be up against. >> tennessee state senator is a key player in the legislative battle to bring the gig to the rest of tennessee. >> can you talk about the lob being presence of these big companies in tennessee. >> the hill was swarming with new lobbyists representing at&t, comcast, and charter. my name was not used in nice context by a lot of people at that point. we need this in tennessee and across america. >> 2010. >> the latest upgrades were not coming to chat gu that. >> david wade is the operating officer of epb. they also brought ultrahigh-speed internet to the citizens. they raised bond money and federal stimulus funds to build the network, now in additio

. >> tom hoover heads up information technology for the university of tennesee chattanooga. technologically speaking he's right, chattanooga's so-called "gig" isn't fancy. but this isn't about science this is about the politics of big cable. chattanooga was like most u.s. cities until the municipal power company, called "epb", came to the rescue. comcast, america's largest cable company and the state cable association sued -- not once but twice -- to prevent epb from bringing the gig to chattanooga. >> why are you so fired up about this? >> i didn't realize what i was gonna be up against (laughs). >> tennesse state senator janice bowling is a key player in the legislative battle to bring the gig to the rest of tennessee which has pitted her against what she calls the legacy providers. >> can you talk about the lobbying presence of these big companies in tennessee? >> the hill was swarming witth new lobbyists representing at&t in particular, comcast and charter - >> wow. >> - um... my name was not used in nice context by a lot of people at that point. we really do need this i